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Briefs: Mick Durham named MSU Billings men's hoop coach

Great Falls Tribune
Published 6:30 p.m. MT March 28, 2018

Mick Durham, a Three Forks native and former star player and head coach for the Montana State Bobcats, is about to start his first season as head coach of the men's team at Montana State Billings.(Photo: MSU Billings Photo)

BILLINGS - Montana coaching legend Mick Durham will return home to lead the Montana State University Billings men’s basketball team as its head coach, it was announced on Wednesday.

MSU Billings Director of Athletics Krista Montague said Durham, a Three Forks native and former Montana State star player and head coach who has been the head men's coach at Alaska-Fairbanks the last seven seasons, will return to the Treasure State to lead the NCAA Division II Yellowjackets.

Durham replaces Jamie Stevens, who resigned earlier in March after seven seasons as MSUB head coach. The Yellowjackets were 13-18 last season. Stevens went 89-114 overall.

“I am really excited to be coming home to coach again, and can’t wait to get started at MSUB,” said Durham in a statement.

Durham was named the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year three times at Montana State and led the Bobcats to conference titles in 1996 and 2002. His tenure as head coach came after eight years as assistant coach for MSU, where he competed from 1974-79. Durham is still fourth in MSU history with 362 assists and a free-throw percentage of 81.6.

Argo men's hockey team signs recruit

The new University of Providence men's hockey program has signed defender Trevor Checketts of Arizona, the Argos announced Wednesday.

Checketts played briefly for the Great Falls Americans a few years ago.

Since the age of 15, Checketts has been competing at a high level in nationally relevant competition. In 2014-15 he was a member of the Arizona Bobcats U16 team, playing in 20 games. He then played in 18 games with the Arizona Bobcats U18 squad.

After his NAPHL days were over, Checketts joined the Americans, coached by current Argo head coach Jeff Heimel. He only spent nine games in Great Falls before landing with the Pikes Peak Miners of the RMJHL. Over two years with Pikes Peak, he played in 60 games and scored 45 points, including 38 assists.